The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This week civil liberties groups in Europe won the right to challenge the UK’s bulk surveillance activities in the The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Related: Snowden on unrestrained surveillance. Ubiquitous surveillance. It’s a healthy thing that a captain of industry can see this. Advanced use cases.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Wednesday’s enforcement action represents a much firmer stance from the FTC compared to the settlement it reached in 2019 , when the government agency refrained from even using the term “stalkerware” and it focused more on lacking cybersecurity protections within the apps it investigated, not on the privacy invasions that were allowed.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Popular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks. According to Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency and the British Government Communications Headquarters have worked to subvert anti-virus and other security software to track users and infiltrate networks. WikiLeaks: NSA Snooped on French Leaders.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Hacktivist Tillie Kottmann is reportedly among those asserting responsibility for the incident, telling Bloomberg that their act helped expose the security holes of modern-day surveillance platforms.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Zoom has agreed to establish and implement a comprehensive security program, to implement a prohibition on privacy and security misrepresentations, and to other detailed and specific relief to protect its user base, according to the FTC. 290 million new users in four months.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Consumers will buy products without proper security features, unaware that their information is vulnerable. And current liability laws make it hard to hold companies accountable for shoddy software security. It falls upon lawmakers to create laws that protect consumers. But software is different.

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